Students managed to pick up 15 medals for finishing in 5th place or higher in various competitions at Caney Creek High School recently to get prepared for the up-and-coming District meet.

The Journalism team and the Current Events both placed in 1st place for the overall team score. Overall, the school placed third in the competition. The placements are as follows:

Ready Writing: Jenna Jaffray (1st place)​, Eric Zalcman (2nd place)

Spelling & Vocabulary: Eric Zalcman (6th place)

Literary Criticism: Eric Zalcman (2nd place)

Current Events: Eric Zalcman (2nd place), William Klein (3rd place), Nate Breaux (5th place)

1st place in Team Score!

Social Studies: Nate Breaux (4th place)

 Science: Nate Breaux (4th place)

 Copy Editing: Grace Lynch (4th place)

 News Writing: Jenna Jaffray (1st place), Linda Trevino (6th place)

Feature Writing: Jenna Jaffray (2nd place)

 Headline Writing: Linda Trevino (3rd place), Eric Zalcman (4th place)

The newspaper staff took first place in the team competition.

Next up for the Academic UIL squad is the district meet, this Saturday at Klein Collins High School.